"The worker added: "There will be a cloud of smoke above Little Rock soon - of burned food, of anger and of shame that the world's richest nation couldn't organise a p**s up in a brewery and lets Americans starve while they arrogantly observe petty regulations."

"The worker added: "There will be a cloud of smoke above Little Rock soon - of burned food, of anger and of shame that the world's richest nation couldn't organise a p**s up in a brewery and lets Americans starve while they arrogantly observe petty regulations."

Brings back memories of the Soviet Union for me ...

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Or the (with apologies to) RTFQ version:

"The cloud of smoke hung above Little Rock - the stench of burned food was unbearable - but then a lone British Army soldier landed his glider, strolled casually across to the steaming mess and said....

THEY'RE THE NEW PACKS WITH THE CURRY AND YORKIES IN TOO! Send them back, I'll have the curry. If they burn them I'd demand the money for them back, it was intended as aid but has been squandered, therefore we should get the money back, if that's how theyre gonna react. But you're right, they'll never defeat the burger in burger and beans or the fruit dumplings either!

Only the Yanks, with their wonderful Multi Agency everything could possibly do this, their people are hungry and need decent rat packs that are sterile from all the nasties in the water.... and some pen pusher in some office, who i assume has not had the correct kick back, says it should all be destroyed.... so what are they going to feed these poor people with.... federal red tape??? I hope they find the cretin who is messing about with the incoming aid and humiliate them, make them resign and give them the appropriate job to their mind set, something like shoveling the proverbial in a farm yard some where........

This probably comes down to the US Customs paranoia with foreign foodstuffs generally. They probably think the ratpack boil in the bags harbour BSE or bird flu

I remember the hooha that I caused when I flew in on an RAF flight with 120 other squaddies for an exercise with the yanks. When asked the question "Do you have any animal or vegetable foodstuffs on your person?" by an obnoxiuos customs officer I said "Yes Ive got a banana does that count?"

In all seriuosness they were telling me that I would have to fill in a form to bring it into the country. So I ate it in front of them and gave them the skin to get rid off then tried not to laugh and spray them in half chewed banana.